Christmas Stories From the Crones Castle - Stanley, Patsy
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Inside an old abandoned shoe box factory on the outer rim of a great metropolis, lies the magic Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination. Each Christmas, the Box Keepers, Crones, the Others, the elves, trolls and the many who live in the kingdom, gather in the great hall in the Crones' castle to celebrate Christmas and to listen to the year's new Christmas stories. This year, there are six new stories and an adventure leading the Crones, Box Keepers and the Others on a merry chase to Folgoth Woods to retrieve a rare Christmas gift. In "The Small and Rancid Wizard who Knew Odor was in the Nose…mehr

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Inside an old abandoned shoe box factory on the outer rim of a great metropolis, lies the magic Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination. Each Christmas, the Box Keepers, Crones, the Others, the elves, trolls and the many who live in the kingdom, gather in the great hall in the Crones' castle to celebrate Christmas and to listen to the year's new Christmas stories. This year, there are six new stories and an adventure leading the Crones, Box Keepers and the Others on a merry chase to Folgoth Woods to retrieve a rare Christmas gift. In "The Small and Rancid Wizard who Knew Odor was in the Nose of the Smeller", a small wizard endures a hot time in a forgotten desert with noisy company. In "The Crabby, Baffling, Hermit Boy and the Arcane Alchemist's Box", a boy receives an unusual companion for a Christmas gift. A gorgeous blue magic box arrives just in time in "The Tolling Midnight Bells that Chimed Christmas". In "The Rose Paper Magic Box with Warm, Red Courage", a lost legacy is found and reclaimed. A vagabond band of brave little beings make a long and perilous journey to find a new home in "The Smile so Snug in an Old Magic Box". In "The Box and the Beautiful Green Bottle", a lifelong love filled with magic is celebrated. The author wish to announce that the stories in this book will soon be available in script form for fun play and theatrical formats. About the Author Patsy Stanley is an artist, illustrator and writer. She has authored both fiction and non-fiction books, including novels and children's books, energy books and art books. She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX area. A.B. Snow( a fictional companion) is a world traveler interested in ancestral magic among other things. She carries a sketch book with her at all times to capture that magic and the wonderful words that go with it.
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Growing up in displaced circumstances and enduring long, dreary winters, I fantasized about how wonderful Christmas could be. The magical Christmases I created in my imagination comforted me at Christmas time and throughout the year. More magic collected in my heart each year and fed my lonely soul with hope and wonder. A meager Christmas dinner and hungry, arguing relatives all faded away as I watched falling snow twinkle outside like diamonds. I built castles in my mind and peopled them with beings that had warmth, wisdom, generosity and went on adventures. The seeds of those fantasies never faded. They grew and lived on as hope held on tightly to my soul through barren, snowy Christmases. Their magic left a colorful, imaginative Kingdom behind that I could enter, and often did, long after I'd escaped the reality of my beginnings. The time came when I felt compelled to draw and write to keep the magic of the Crones, Box Keepers, and the Others peopling the Kingdom Of true Believers In Imagination alive. I mapped out the Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination, the characters and their stories. All of them flourished and grew beautifully while I wrote, drew, and aged- yes, that too- Yes, I came to know all of the inhabitants very well....The Crone's wisdom. The Box keeper's rescue missions. The Others, with all their flavors, sizes and talents. The people around me encouraged me to share the stories they so enjoyed with others, so I began to think that others might enjoy the beings, the spiritual helpers that peopled the Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination, and come away with their own Hopes, Wisdoms and Laughter, too. It took years and time to collect and illustrate the characters and their adventures in order to begin putting this spectacular Christmas book together. I so admired the beautiful vintage 1950's Christmas books, and so I wanted fairy tales and funny, clever, positive short stories framed in wonderful illustrations for the young at heart reader. And in the doing of it, each story became a simple play, easy to act out. Please accept my invitation to enter The Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination with me, where allegory, humor, beauty, and laughter abound while we adventure together.